Species ***Bacillus* *cereus***

Name: Bacillus cereus Frankland and Frankland 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ce.re.us. L. masc. adj. cereus, waxen, wax-colored

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14579; BCRC 10603; CCM 2010; CCRC 10603; CCUG 7414; CIP 66.24; DSM 31; HAMBI 1887; IAM 12605; IFO 15305; JCM 2152; LMG 6923; NBRC 15305; NCCB 75008; NCDO 1771; NCFB 1771; NCIB 9373; NCIMB 9373; NCTC 2599; NRRL B-3711; VKM B-504

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH806388 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Frankland GC, Frankland PF. Studies on some new microorganisms obtained from air. Royal Society London, Philosophical Transactions, Series B, Biological Sciences 1887; 178:257-287.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 3

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Committee (2025), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus hominis Tohya et al. 2021. Publication: Committee AH. Mitigating changes in prokaryotic nomenclature: Definitions and Workflow. Zenodo 2025; 2025:15320329.
- ⏰ According to Committee (2025), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus paramobilis Tohya et al. 2021. Publication: Committee AH. Mitigating changes in prokaryotic nomenclature: Definitions and Workflow. Zenodo 2025; 2025:15320329.
- ⏰ According to Committee (2025), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus sanguinis Tohya et al. 2021. Publication: Committee AH. Mitigating changes in prokaryotic nomenclature: Definitions and Workflow. Zenodo 2025; 2025:15320329.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.08973 (N = 107).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "var. anthracis: 3 human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 3; default: 2 human and animal pathogen - human: T - biological class of risk animal: 2; var. thuringiensis: 1 animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "biovar anthracis: 3 Animal classification RG: 3 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: Yes - Containment level: Containment Level 3; var. mycoides (biotype 2): 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; ATCC 14579: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2; excluding biovar anthracis: 2 Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PP? PV?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 3, note = "default: 2; biovar anthracis: 3 ". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — The risk group for United Kingdom has been imported on 2024-01-31. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 9999 times (maxed out) in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
- 🧍 A genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of the Bacillus cereus group was conducted by Liu et al. (2015). Publication: Liu Y, Lai Q, Goker M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Wang M, Sun Y, Wang L, Shao Z. Genomic insights into the taxonomic status of the Bacillus cereus group. Sci Rep 2015; 5:14082.
- 🧍 See also Priest et al. (2004). Publication: Priest FG, Barker M, Baillie LW, Holmes EC, Maiden MC. Population structure and evolution of the Bacillus cereus group. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:7959-7970.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Frankland GC, Frankland PF. Studies on some new microorganisms obtained from air. Royal Society London, Philosophical Transactions, Series B, Biological Sciences 1887; 178:257-287.

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Species Bacillus cereus

Species ***Bacillus* *cereus***